Chapter 34 Flashcards
These flowering plants have two cotyledons.
Dicot
These flowering plants have only one cotyledon.
Monocot
The initial leaves (leaf). Provides food before seedling can photosynthesize in a dicot.
Cotyledons
Tufts of roots without a central taproot
Fibrous Roots
A single central root system.
Taproots
Seeded plants have ____ organ systems and ____ organs.
2, 3
A single layer of cells with a protective waxy layer.
Dermal Tissues
Protective waxy layer.
Cuticle
Long-distance networks that move food/water/solutes.
Vascular Tissues
Any other type of tissues found in plants.
Ground Tissues
_______ transports water and dissolved minerals.
Xylem
______ transports food suspended in fluid.
Phloem
Structural support and transport.
Tracheids
These are wider and can carry a larger volume of fluids.
Vessel Elements
Food-conducting tubes
Sieve Tube Elements
These are connected to neighboring sieve tubes via _________.
Plasmodesmata
Provide proteins and ATP for sieve tubes
Companion Cells
Non-woody plants are mostly what?
Ground Tissues
Primary component of ground tissue, food production and storage.
Parenchyma
Provides structure for fast growing parts of the plant, cell walls of variable thickness.
Collenchyma
Structural, very think cells walls, can also be found in vascular; dermal tissues.
Sclerenchyma
__________ allows plants to grow against gravity.
Stems
_____ produce food.
Leaves
Are pores in the dermal tissue surrounded by guard cells.
Stomata